Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...

Villanova University faced a false active shooter alert on Thursday, followed by several more calls, with some featuring ...

Often referred to as “swatting calls,” the false reports are intended to activate a large law enforcement response.

US universities, including Villanova, Arkansas, and Tennessee-Chattanooga, were hit by fake active shooter calls this week, ...

After Villanova University President Rev. Peter Donohue called Thursday's hoax "cruel," another active shooter hoax was ...

The school sent the original alert shortly after 6:45 pm ordering students to evacuate the area near the Thomas Cooper ...

False reports of active shooters were made at universities across the country in the days leading up to the report at the ...

The agency's Delaware School Safety Center is also aimed at fostering safe learning environments across the state. And as ...

A since-deleted message board post on Tigernet.com falsely claimed he had been injured in a serious car accident. The fake ...

A text alert was sent to students Monday afternoon saying there was an active shooter reported. As of 1:48 p.m. local time, Nexstar’s KNWA reports that police had not found any evidence of a shooter, ...

At least a half-dozen universities across the nation on Monday welcomed students to first-day-of-fall classes with ...

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ...